Incarceration

and then the accused fell foul of yet another condemnation without trial the sentence spoken in anger shards of bloody mosaic stick to his bare feet from where she threw the glass on the tiled floor punctuating compartmentalizing puncturing an unspoken truth superficial wounds already closing he wraps a bandage around his heart squeezes tightly to feel alive accepts the verdict though no crime was committed a scar remains from what should have been a beautiful night and the rope tears into his hands 07th June 2023